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  2. French and Raven's bases of power - Wikipedia

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    Use of this power base and its outcomes may be negative or positive. [5] An agent for change motivated with a strong need for affiliation and concern of likeability will prefer this power base and will influence their leadership style. [3] Ingratiation or flattery and sense of community may be used by an agent of influence to enhance their ...

  3. Power (social and political) - Wikipedia

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    A must draw on the 'base' or combination of bases of power appropriate to the relationship to effect the desired outcome. Drawing on the wrong power base can have unintended effects, including a reduction in A's own power. French and Raven argue that there are five significant categories of such qualities, while not excluding other minor ...

  4. Madisonian model - Wikipedia

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    The Madisonian model is a structure of government in which the powers of the government are separated into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. This came about because the delegates saw the need to structure the government in such a way to prevent the imposition of tyranny by either majority or minority.

  5. Powers of the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    Among the powers specifically given to Congress in Article I Section 8, are the following: 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

  6. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The amendment states that the federal government has only those powers specifically granted by the Constitution. These powers include the power to declare war, to collect taxes, to regulate interstate business activities and others that are listed in the articles or in subsequent constitutional amendments.

  7. Powers of the president of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Separation of Powers devised by the founding fathers was primarily designed to prevent the majority from ruling with an iron fist. [72] Based on their experience, the framers shied away from giving any branch of the new government too much power. The separation of powers provides a system of shared power known as "checks and balances". For ...

  8. Politics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government is divided into three branches, as per the specific terms articulated in the U.S. Constitution: The executive branch is headed by the president and is independent of the legislature. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of Congress: the Senate and the House of Representatives.

  9. Enumerated powers (United States) - Wikipedia

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    This government is acknowledged by all, to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it, would seem too apparent, to have required to be enforced by all those arguments, which its enlightened friends, while it was depending before the people, found it necessary to urge; that principle is now ...